GCF in Action

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF), in partnership with Angola’s Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação (INBAC), has announced the successful reintroduction of Angolan giraffe to Bicuar National Park...

In Uganda today, Nubian giraffe numbers have risen to almost 2,000 – a testament to what is possible when conservation is met with persistent investment. As these populations rebound, we...

Landmark breakthrough reshapes giraffe conservation and raises urgency to protect newly recognized species In a groundbreaking announcement, the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG) has formally recognized four...

The giraffe is one of the world’s most iconic and unique mammals and has captured the human imagination through the ages. Surprisingly, only a few years ago scientists discovered that...

Extending the range of Angolan giraffe secures their future in the wild Recently, GCF supported two conservation translocations of Angolan giraffe to Angola’s Iona National Park and the communal areas...

Giraffe reveal stunning genetic diversity  This underlines the urgent need for increased conservation before it is too late.  Giraffe numbers in Africa have dropped significantly in the last 35 years...

This week we made conservation history. Fourteen Angolan giraffe were successfully relocated to Iona National Park, Angola, as part of an ongoing conservation effort to restore and enrich the park’s...

Niger is standing tall for West African giraffe in daring translocation mission This week, four West African giraffe were captured by giraffe experts in the security stricken ‘Giraffe Zone’ and...

Africa’s Wildlife Conservation Leaders: Enhancing Capacity – One Veterinarian at a Time! Have you ever darted a giraffe from a helicopter or moved a sable antelope? Have you fitted a GPS...

Giraffe are still in trouble, but … … there is hope as giraffe numbers throughout Africa are showing a positive upwards trend! 2021 was another year that was largely defined...

EarthRanger Announces Inaugural Conservation Tech Award Recipients: Giraffe Conservation Foundation and Lion Guardians are harnessing the power of technology to protect endangered species and promote human-wildlife coexistence EarthRanger announced the Giraffe...

After 4.5 days of travel and over 2,600 km … … ten South African giraffe arrived safely in Malawi’s Majete Wildlife Reserve. In an epic journey, 10 South African giraffe...

New Genomic Level Analysis Confirms Four Species of Giraffe and a Need to Prioritise Their Conservation New findings reported today in the peer-reviewed publication, Current Biology, make a strong case...

The Twiga Tracker Initiative is an ambitious conservation research programme designed to develop deeper understandings of giraffe spatial ecology and movement decisions across diverse habitat types throughout Africa. Over the...

Researchers from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) have recently published a paper in BMC Research Notes describing two dwarf giraffe in separate populations in Namibia and Uganda. This study represents the first...

Giraffe were on the move! This year alone, GCF supported conservation translocations of 55 giraffe in three African countries. 2020 has been a crazy and difficult year for all of...

West African giraffe are going from strength to strength: With only 600 West African giraffe remaining in the world, we at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation is proud to be part...

Using modern technology to save reticulated giraffe and their habitat in northern Kenya In the single largest GPS satellite tagging of giraffe in history, conservationists recently fitted 28 solar powered...

Conservationists release new giraffe distribution map An international group of conservation scientists led by San Diego Zoo Global, GCF, Senckenberg Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute...

It takes a village to save giraffe! https://player.vimeo.com/video/315710507?dnt=1&app_id=122963 There are only 600 West African giraffe remaining in the wild and all of them live just 60 km south-east of Niger’s...